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John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941 – August 30, 2020) was an American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship in basketball when he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship in 1984.
Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has...
Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson Jr., the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led Georgetown University to national collegiate prominence and became the first African-American coach to take a team to the N.C.A.A....
Aug 31, 2020 · A legendary coach and an equally legendary agitator, Thompson has died at age 78. A cause of death was not immediately known. “John Thompson did what he thought was right, and what was in the...
Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who transformed Georgetown University into a national championship school, has died at age 78. The first Black head coach to win an NCAA title,...
Dec 23, 2020 · John Thompson Was Every Black Boy’s Longed-For Coach. By Kiese Makeba Laymon Dec. 23, 2020. Share full article. 4. A stern disciplinarian with a white towel on his shoulder, he made...
Sep 1, 2020 · The legacy of Georgetown coach John Thompson, who died Sunday at 78, goes beyond being the first Black coach to win an NCAA basketball title. Thompson thrived off making critics uncomfortable...
